noun
- An expression in parentheses.
- usage: "his writing was full of parentheticals"
- synonyms: parenthetical expression
adjective
- Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses.
- usage: "parenthetical remarks"
- synonyms: parenthetic
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